Italics Bullets Headings Access additional information Informational Text Features Informational text features help the reader more easily navigate the text and often provide additional information to aid comprehension. Print Features Guide readers through patterns of organization Feature Table of contents Index Glossary Preface Helps the reader... Identify key topics in the text and the order they are presented See everything in the text listed alphabetically with page numbers Define words contained in the text Set a purpose for reading, get an overview of the content Pronunciation Say the words guide Appendix Organizational Aids Help readers find important information Feature Bold print Helps the reader... Understand the word is important Colored print Understand the word is Titles Identify topics throughout the text Subheadings Navigate through sections of the text Graphic Aids Represent information in some specific way Feature Diagram Helps the reader... Understand a more detailed view of information Flow Diagram Understand a complex sequence of movements Visualize an important concept important Understand the word is important Emphasize key points/concepts Sketches Locate different categories in the text Comparisons Understand one thing by comparing it to something familiar Graphs Understand relativity between elements Figures Captions Understand a picture or photograph Maps Illustrations Expand the meaning of the text Feature Labels Helps the reader... Identify a picture. photograph, or its parts Photos Understand exactly what something looks like Understand Combine text information with graphical aids Understand where things are in the world Charts/Tables Summarizer Compare information Sidebars Gather additional or explanatory information Cross- sections Understand something by Drawings what something could or might have looked like Magnification See details in something small looking at it from the inside Overlays Understand additional information Timelines Understand the sequence of time